Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission Measure With Claims & Electronic Record Data

The document was released on January 13, 2020, by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). It is part of the CMS Measures Inventory. The document summarizes the components and rationale of a new hybrid hospital-wide readmission measure that combines data from claims and from electronic health records. Hospitals must begin mandatory reporting with the new tool starting July 1, 2023. The data will be reported on Medicare Hospital Compare by July 1, 2025 . . .